Monday (Sunday into Monday)
Started Relaxation time: 11:15pm
Got in Bed to read by: 11:15pm
Turned out lights to sleep by: 12:45am
Guesstimate of when I fell asleep: 4:30am
Guesstimate of when I woke up: 9:30am
Had alarm set to: 10:00am
Got out of Bed at: 10:30am
Total Time I slept: 5 Hours and XX Minutes

Last night I decided to do no work, and just hopped right in bed to read.  I read a good while and by about 12:45am, I decided to try to sleep.  I didn’t feel overly tired so I knew it was going to be a challenge. I tried to do some breathing and blocking of thoughts, but eventually I gave in and decided to turn on the TV. On the rule that if you can’t fall asleep after a certain amount of time you shouldn’t force sleep, and do something till the feeling of sleep comes back.  The problem was that I caught a good movie on TV and it was 2 hours long. I didn’t realize it was 2 hours until 3am rolled around and there was plenty to go.  I didn’t feel tired so I decided to watch it. I then turned the TV off at 4:00am, and was asleep by 4:30am.

I slept good till about 9:30am. I could hear the people and kids upstairs making noise. It is April break for many schools so they have the day off.  I ended up getting out of bed around 10:30.

I wish I could have gotten to sleep, but I did nap a tiny bit on Sunday from 7:00pm to 7:20pm so that probably threw me off, along with my usual Sunday night routine.

The morning was also dreary and rainy so that made it even harder to get up.

One change I made was that I am only using one night shade, and have the other 2 windows with their blinds so the sun and light can pass through and help wake me in the morning. We’ll see if it helps.